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TWO DECADES OF HELL EVIL STEPDAD made me HIS WIFE

Acute little girl with bright red hair and a cheeky smile, Rosalynn McGinnis had big dreams.

The 10-year-old wanted to grow up and be a veterinarian and teach violin.

Rosalynn’s father wasn’t in the picture. But one day, handing out flyers with the neighbourhood watch, her mum Gayla met Henri Piette, a dad who lived nearby. The pair clicked straight away.

‘He was like my mum’s best friend,’ Rosalynn remembers.

He was also an evil, calculated predator.

Masquerading as a dedicated family man, Henri

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